President Trump didn’t hold back his anger with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he was “very unhappy” and “pissed off” over stalled harmony deals. He even warned of extreme tariffs on Moscow’s fuel in response.
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Trump appeared to have had plenty after Russia threw up fresh problems before agreeing to a U. S. backed offer aimed at limiting problems in the Black Sea and protecting power system.
Trump particularly blasted a document revealing that Putin had called for a transitional government in Ukraine, one that would remove President Volodymyr Zelensky. Even more boldly, Putin suggested that Ukraine’s generals may take things into their own hands and reduce Zelensky themselves.
” If Russia and I are unable to create a bargain on stopping the unrest in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s problem— which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s wrong, I am going to put extra tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia”, Trump told Kristen Welker of” Meet The Press” on Sunday.
” That would be that if you buy oil from Russia, you can’t do business in the United States”, Trump added. ” There will be a 25 % tariff on all oil, a 25- to 50-point tariff on all oil”.
The New York Post has more:
Trump warned that the taxes against Russia may occur within a fortnight if a cease-fire package isn’t reached.
Despite Trump echoing Moscow’s says against Zelensky’s validity earlier this year, the senator pivoted and condemned Putin’s responses. He said such thoughts were” not going in the right site”.
The president, yet, said he still maintains a “very good connection” with Putin, and added that his anger had quiet so long as the Russian strongman “does the correct thing”.
The two earth officials are expected to speak again this week to try and walk the cease-fire along, Trump told NBC.
The Trump administration continues to push for an end to the war to meet the president’s campaign promise, with the US gaining two cease-fire agreements last week to end attacks against each government’s power grid and in the active Black Sea trade route.
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As you know, Moscow violated both contracts within days and then demanded a series of new conditions to serve the package, including calling for Europe to raise sanctions on Russian businesses.
” Mr. Trump’s comment likewise reflected his increasing promises to use taxes to urge countries to bend to his domestic and foreign policy objectives”, the New York Times reported. ” In the same phone call, he said he would consider secondary tariffs on Iran if it did not reach a deal with the United States to ensure it did not develop a nuclear weapon, Ms. Welker said”.
” If they]Iran ] don’t make a deal, here will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before”, Trump said.
Earlier this month, Mr. Trump sent the letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urging direct negotiations with the government in Tehran on a deal to curb the country’s advancing nuclear program. The letter said Mr. Trump he preferred diplomacy to military action.
Mr. Trump’s raising of secondary tariffs on oil from Russia and Iran was the latest example of the president trying to use the prospect of economic pressure on third-party nations.
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According to CNBC, Trump and Putin plan to speak again this week.
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